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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] hummel@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Powering my work pc for years now. MX is really reliable for me.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Can I ask what it adds onto base debian?

[–] David_H@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It doesn't have systemd, that seem to be important for some people

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Oh baby, come to mama! You have my full attention.

[–] hummel@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

From what i've read it seems to be easier to install than Debian (never tried myself) and it has a lot of nice tools to maintain your system.

[–] kronarbob@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

There are ISO of debian with calamares installer available on debian website. The real difficulty is to find them.

[–] HorseFD@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Debian is really easy to install now. It used to be much harder back in the day.

[–] Drito@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

The Xfce setup looks nice out of the box.